Angela F. Howard is Special Consultant in Chinese Buddhist Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Professor of Asian Art, The State University of New Jersey at Rutgers.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 12, 2004-Jan. 23, 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-378) and index

Art and history in China from the 3rd through the 8th century / James C.Y. Wyatt -- Central Asian metalwork in China / Boris I. Marshak -- The art of glass along the silk road / An Jiayao -- The evolution of textiles along the silk road / Zhao Feng -- Buddha images of the northern plain, 4th-6th century / Su Bai -- Buddhist art in China / Angela F. Howard -- Catalogue. Late Han, late 2nd-early 3rd century -- The coming of the Xianbei -- Early Northern Wei dynasty -- The western regions and the way thither -- South China, 3rd-6th century -- Luoyang and after, 6th century in the north -- Arts of the Sui and early Tang dynasties, 581-755

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